BMW Concept Active Tourer

That's the way BMW is explaining its future model-naming strategy, which will become increasingly complex as several new models and derivatives arrive in the coming years.

Currently, BMW has the 1-, 3-, 5-, 6- and 7-Series ranges. Those line-ups can include hatchbacks, sedans, wagons, coupes, convertibles and other models – and then there are the X1, X3, X5 and X6 SUVs.

But the brand is planning to chop up its model lines, with established conventional cars (sedans, wagons and "GT" crossovers) to wear odd numbers, while the sportier coupes, convertibles and other body styles, such as the Gran Coupe, to wear even numbers in their names.

Scott says cars that will wear the new nomenclature have not officially been confirmed, but admitted the future iteration of the 1-Series Coupe and Convertible "look like they will be called the 2-Series".

Scott says the company is "almost two years away" from a replacement for the 1- Coupe and Convertible.

Other models that may follow in the 2-Series range could include a production iteration of the recently revealed Concept Active Tourer – a car that could be a front-wheel-drive. That car, which was rumoured to be known as the 2-Series GT, will not bear that badge, Scott says, "if it goes into production".